BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Andres Morales-Murrieta, 30, will be arraigned in the District of Vermont on October 6, 2023. A federal grand jury sitting in Burlington, Vermont returned a two-count indictment this afternoon alleging that Morales-Murrieta brought a migrant without legal status to the United States on Septemb  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available for the state of Vermont to supplement recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding that occurred Aug. 3-5, 2023. The President's action makes public assistance federal funding available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizati  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jennifer Stocker, 46, of New Haven, Vermont pleaded guilty today in United States District Court in Burlington to a charge of bank fraud in connection with false statements that she made on an application for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford accepted  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The White House issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2023: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Vermont and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from August 3 to August 5, 2023. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emerg  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office announced that seven defendants have been sentenced in connection with drug and firearm charges related to the murder of Benzel Hampton on April 16, 2019, concluding today with the sentencing of James Felix. All seven defendants previously pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, cocaine, and heroin, a  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that six defendants have been indicted in Burlington on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. Specifically, those charged in the superseding indictment are Tyler Orvis, 40, of Milton Vermont, Christopher Purvis, 27 of Hartford, Connecticut, Alexis Sutton, 23 of Windsor, Connecticut, Russell Mitchell, 26, of C  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Oct. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that Ciro Temich-Ramirez, 35, has been charged by criminal complaint with illegal possession of a firearm by an individual who is unlawfully in the United States. Temich-Ramirez initially appeared before Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle on October 3, 2023 and Temich-Ramirez was ordered detained pending trial. According to court   more